At Milano Koramangala.. eavesdropped on a very intriguing conversation.. Anything goes in bangalore. Had wild berry sorbet and Belgian dark chocolate in a waffle cone, would recommend. Because we are Nazara - built for the gossipmongers❤️ Voice recording by @gauravssa08 #nazara #life

Being forced to have bun maska at chaitini.. #NoMeansNo #StravaLarper #HealthIsWealth #ItsOkay #nazara #life

Tried the panner chilla at BJ (Bhartiya Jalpan) HSR, as it was listed in their guilt free section. It was really good, especially the red chutney. #Saturday #nazara #life

Rambo Circus at St. John’s Auditorium from 17th Oct to 1st Nov. #cantwait #autofinds #nazara #life

This years East Indian Social HSR Association pandal from BDA Complex.. it did feel like I got transported to Bengal for a while

How is a pujo celebration complete without trashy food.. #immunityboosters #typhoid @joychaudhary004 @anikethazra @gauravssa08 @nishseesplaces

Radhe maa starting world tour from Juno’s Coffee Club @vanshikachoubey

Real BDA complex dugga pujo.. last wala paise wali party thi ye passion waali party hai.. #sarvagyasinghs #pujo #life

Aniket’s DIGGIN!!

First Pandal this Pujo. In Kora

At Bameys, really love the ambiance. It’s good to be in a restaurant that does not try to be everything. It takes nepali cuisine and does it right.

Castella de Aguada, a Portuguese-era watchtower on the rocks at Bandra's Land's End, facing the Sea Link.

An eight-lane cable-stayed bridge across Mahim Bay, best seen lit up from Bandra Fort.

A Girgaon gateway station whose surrounds hold old wadis, sweet shops and the walk down to Girgaon Chowpatty.

The Franciscan church of St. Anthony inside Vasai Fort, its floor still set with old gravestones.

A Dominican church among the cluster of religious ruins inside Vasai Fort.

An 1864 sculpted fountain of the Roman goddess Flora, the busy pivot of the Fort business district.

A planned Edwardian business quarter of uniform stone facades, laid out on reclaimed dock land.

A crowded shopping stretch of street stalls, cafes and colonial facades running through Colaba.

UNESCO-listed rock-cut cave temples on an island an hour's ferry from the Gateway, centred on the great Trimurti.

A ruined church inside Vasai Fort, its arches opening toward the creek.

A 15th-century dargah and mosque on an islet reached by a causeway that floods at high tide.

The long suburban beach lined with bhelpuri stalls, and behind it the bungalows of the film industry.

A domed Indo-Saracenic general post office near CST, its central hall crowned by an unsupported dome.

The remains of the Jesuit church and monastery complex within Vasai Fort.

The 'Black Horse' arts precinct of galleries, cafes and museums between Fort and Colaba.

More than a hundred Buddhist rock-cut caves carved into a basalt hillside within Sanjay Gandhi National Park.

A tightly packed street-food lane where office crowds queue for chaat, dosa and frankies near the jewellery bazaar.

The historic harbour docks (once Alexandra Docks) that edge Ballard Estate.

A heritage-building bookstore and cafe off Flora Fountain, a favourite slow stop on a Fort walk.

The overbridge here is the classic vantage point looking down across the wash-pens of Dhobi Ghat.

The 3.6-km Art Deco seafront curve along Back Bay; after dark its string of lights earns the nickname the Queen's Necklace.

A Bhendi Bazaar artery that becomes the city's most famous kebab-and-sweets corridor after dusk, especially during Ramzan.

One of Ballard Estate's uniform stone office blocks, typical of the quarter's Edwardian design code.

A quiet war memorial in Ballard Estate remembering the world wars and the merchant navy.

The rocky Bandra promontory of tide pools and sunset benches beside Bandra Fort.

A 1949 Art Deco single-screen at Marine Lines, built for premieres and still hosting film festivals.

The city's vast open-air laundry: rows of concrete wash-pens worked by generations of dhobis.

A crumbling coastal fort on Mahim Bay, wedged among a working fishing settlement.

The Cathedral of Nossa Senhora da Vida, the principal church within Vasai Fort, now a roofless shell.

A 100-plus sq km forest inside the city limits, home to leopards, trails and the Kanheri caves.

A 1914 playhouse-turned-cinema in Kalbadevi, one of the oldest surviving single-screens in the city.

The sea-facing gate of Vasai Fort, flanked by huge baobab trees.

A colonnaded oval garden at the heart of Fort, ringed by old Elphinstone buildings and the Asiatic Society.

A 1680s harbour fort overlooking the mudflats where flamingos gather each winter.

Mumbai's first Anglican church, consecrated 1718; its zero-point once measured distances across the city.

A 1920s hotel in Ballard Estate, a survivor of the quarter's original commercial heyday.

The Prabhadevi Ganesh temple that draws some of the city's longest darshan queues.

A small hilltop fort built by the British on the old Bombay-Salsette boundary, now a green lookout.

The suburban rail head about ten km from Vasai Fort, the usual arrival point for the ruins.

A warren-like antiques and salvage market off Mutton Street, famous for vintage finds and old film posters.

Still the strongest opening scene in the city. Begin every Fort walk here.

Sit before you photograph. The tank reveals itself through the small rituals happening on the steps.

Sit before you photograph. The tank reveals itself through small rituals.

Begin here before the commute thickens. The building is best read from across the road, slowly.

The scene is less about solitude and more about watching the whole city arrive.

Come early, wear shoes you can wash, and treat the dock as a workplace first.

Walk gently. This is a living neighbourhood, not a museum.

Use the steps as a hinge: Horniman Circle on one side, the old Fort precinct on the other.